"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
In your eyes I see your illusion
Years of misery life youve stolen
Spiral further down deep inside you
Ive become unwound falling apart
Soul torn open wide spill forth from me
Nothing left inside all but a void
On my knees I pray no one answers
As I rot away waiting for you
Love has faded like a dying ember
Nothing short of torture to remember
Moving on and spreading my infection
I cant bear to gaze at my reflection
Penetrate your mind raping your thoughts
Breaking ties that bind sever forever
On my knees I pray no one answers
As I rot away waiting for you
Love has faded like a dying ember
Nothing short of torture to remember
Moving on and spreading my infection
I cant bear to gaze at my reflection
Pale blood running thin bleeding for you
Broken life within running from you
On my knees I pray praying for you
Envy and decay rotting for you
Love has faded like a dying ember
Nothing short of torture to remember
Moving on and spreading my infection
I cant bear to gaze at my reflection
Do you love me?
NO
Do you want me?
NO
Please stay with me
NO
Just leave me alone
Years of misery life youve stolen
Spiral further down deep inside you
Ive become unwound falling apart
Soul torn open wide spill forth from me
Nothing left inside all but a void
On my knees I pray no one answers
As I rot away waiting for you
Love has faded like a dying ember
Nothing short of torture to remember
Moving on and spreading my infection
I cant bear to gaze at my reflection
Penetrate your mind raping your thoughts
Breaking ties that bind sever forever
On my knees I pray no one answers
As I rot away waiting for you
Love has faded like a dying ember
Nothing short of torture to remember
Moving on and spreading my infection
I cant bear to gaze at my reflection
Pale blood running thin bleeding for you
Broken life within running from you
On my knees I pray praying for you
Envy and decay rotting for you
Love has faded like a dying ember
Nothing short of torture to remember
Moving on and spreading my infection
I cant bear to gaze at my reflection
Do you love me?
NO
Do you want me?
NO
Please stay with me
NO
Just leave me alone
Lyrics submitted by KrudeDuse
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